Create short links and track clicks with a custom dashboard

Turns long links into short, trackable ones and shows click stats on a simple dashboard you control.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Build size
Standard

A mid-size build with several tools working together.

Business functions
Spreadsheet & Database OpsReporting & AnalyticsAPI & Webhook Integration
Connects
Airtable

The problem it solves

Public link shorteners put someone else's brand on your links and give you little control over the data. You want short, professional links for campaigns and a simple way to see how many people clicked, without relying on a third-party service.

Who it fits

Best for marketing teams or businesses that share a lot of links and want their own branded, trackable short URLs.

How it works

  1. Someone submits a long URL through a simple form or request
  2. The system generates a unique short code and saves the link in Airtable
  3. When someone visits the short link, it looks up the original URL and redirects them
  4. Each visit updates a click counter for that link
  5. A dashboard displays click totals for every short link you've created
What you get

Click counts tracked on your own dashboard

Every long link you share turns into a short, trackable one, with a dashboard showing you how many clicks each one gets.

What you get

Working short links plus a dashboard showing click counts for each one.

What you need

An Airtable account and a web domain you control.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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